Web Fonts

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The following fonts have > 90% market penetration on the appropriate systems:

Contents 1 Popular Windows Fonts 2 Popular Mac Fonts 3 Common to Both Platforms 4 Interesting

Popular Windows Fonts

• Microsoft Sans Serif - san serif
• Arial Black - san serif (bold)
• Verdana - san serif
• Palatino Linotype - Serif
• Franklin Gothic Medium - San Serif (bolder, not bold)
• Arial - San Serif
• Comic Sans MS - Kids Cursive
• Courier New - Monospace, serif
• Lucida Console - Monospace, san serif
• Tahoma - San serif
• Impact - Bold, San Serif
• Trebuchet MS - San Serif
• Sylfaen - Serif
• Lucida Sans Unicode - San serif
• Georgia - Serif

Popular Mac Fonts

• Monaco
• Arial
• Arial Black
• Courier
• Helvetica
• Verdana
• Georgia
• Trebuchet MS
• Lucida Bright
• Courier New
• Comic Sans MS
• Helvetica Neue
• Geneva
• Lucida Sans
• Lucida Sans Typewriter
• Arial Narrow

Common to Both Platforms

• Arial
• Arial Black
• Verdana
• Georgia
• Trebuchet MS
• Courier New
• Comic Sans MS

Interesting

• Times New Roman has about 85% penetration on windows systems
• Times New Roman has 89% on mac systems
• Palatino / Palatino Linotype seems to have better penetration for a serif'ed font.
• Georgia is more popular as well.